The Mysteries of Displacement Behavior Any one of the oddball facts about animals might be the key to the kingdom, somehow. If we understand a bird that picks out its own feathers, maybe we can understand a girl who pulls out her own hair. All ... [Continue Reading]
Displacement Thoughts With Particular Slants
Coronavirus Chronicles — Boredom and Distraction For anyone whose go-to stress response is eating, times of enforced isolation and heightened anxiety are particularly bad times. This seems to be the case whether eating is a chemical addiction or a ... [Continue Reading]
Displacement Mechanism Posts
Addiction and Displacement Theory Presentation 1-8 An eight-post series that takes a deep dive into one of Dr. Pretlow’s writings. Addiction and Displacement It’s not the food that is addictive, it’s the eating. This offers hope that the ... [Continue Reading]
Some Posts About Displacement
Animals, People, and Displacement Behaviors If eating makes us feel safe, then in an effort to erase our bad feelings, we can eat until it turns into something that looks very much like an addiction. This post also talks about the difficulty of ... [Continue Reading]